Irrational Games, the gaming studio that created BioShock is shutting down announced co-founder, Ken Levine. BioShock became one of the most successful gaming franchises however Levine had announced the end of the company that created it. Levine’s decision was based on the fact that he wants to move over to a smaller more entrepreneurial company, … Read more
The Angry Birds website was hacked last night after news broke that the NSA was using the game to spy on people. Documents were leaked that claimed the NSA was using Angry Birds to obtain information about players however, developer Rovio claims that no agreement with any intelligence agencies have been made. CEO of Rovio … Read more
While Nintendo struggles to keep up in the modern world, one of it’s old cartridges of Nintendo World Championships has gone on sale on eBay and could fetch $100,000. At last check, the highest bid for the rare Nintendo cartridge was $99,402 and this number is set to increase as auction date moves closer. Only … Read more
Oculus VR has raised nearly $75 million to help develop and market its virtual reality headset for video games. The California based startup, Oculus plans to use these funds to produce commercial versions of their reality glasses for video games called Oculus Rift. The users simply strap the glasses around their heads to experience video … Read more
Microsoft has announced that it has sold more than 2 million Xbox One consoles since launch date, November 22. The highly anticipated Xbox One was snapped off the shelves within moments of it being released and just 18 days later, Microsoft reported that gamers had already spent 83 million hours playing games, watching TV and … Read more
Coders Code Computer To Bypass Captcha A new startup has found a way to completely bypass Captcha to the tune of 90% accuracy. They have programmed a computer to think and read like a human. If a computer is capable of thinking like a human then Captcha has been defeated. Captcha can’t be more difficult … Read more
Opt Out Of Google Using Your Images In Ads Daily Gadgetry has uncovered a way to opt-out of Google using your image in ads. Just for the record, we don’t necessarily think that it’s a bad thing to allow them to use your image. Next time you are looking for a referral to something or … Read more
Playing Starcraft Video Games Makes Your Smarter Playing Starcraft, according to the study, “stresses rapid and simultaneous maintenance, assessment, and coordination between multiple information and action sources was sufficient to affect change.” The result of playing real-time strategy games such as Starcraft is “an underlying dimension of cognitive flexibility” across several laboratory tests. “Cognitive flexibility … Read more
Xbox One To Launch In 13 Markets On November 22 Time to get in line, ladies and gentlemen. Xbox One is going to be hitting stores on November 22. That’s a full week after PS4’s November 15 retail launch date. If you don’t live in the U.S. then there’s no problem, Microsoft said that the … Read more
Google Will Soon Start Selling Chromebooks At Walmart And Staples In a new partnership with Walmart and Staples, Google will begin selling Chromebooks at the two retailers. Google has been looking for a home to sell their Chromebooks for a while now, and although they are available on some other avenues, Walmart and Staples should … Read more
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